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Prof. Dr. Onur Hamzaoğlu was detained on 9 February and arrested on 17 February. He remains in Sincan Prison in Ankara. He has been deprived of his freedom since 9 February 2018. He was taken from his home by security forces while not convicted or wanted for any offence.

Who is Prof Dr. Onur Hamzaoğlu?

Scholars at Risk (SAR) has announced Turkey’s Academics for Peace (Barış İçin Akademisyenler) as recipients of the 2018 Courage to Think Defender Award, for their extraordinary efforts in building academic solidarity and in promoting the principles of academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, and the peaceful exchange of ideas. The award, which will be presented at the Scholars at Risk Network 2018 Global Congress, will be accepted on behalf of the group by Muzaffer Kaya, of Technische Universität Berlin, and Tebessüm Yılmaz, of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

This blog is curated by Academics for Peace Germany e.V.  Its aim is, on the one hand, to create an archive of factual and up-to-date information on the ongoing developments that researchers, journalists and others with an interest in the topic can rely on. On the other hand, this blog will provide contextualization and analysis from a variety of different disciplines and theoretic approaches, in preparation of a planned research network on the instrumentalization of law for the suppression of academic freedom in Turkey and elsewhere.

Mr. Bekir Bozdağ
Justice Minister of the Republic of Turkey
Brussels, 23 May 2017

Dear Minister Bekir Bozdağ,

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Academics for Peace acknowleges the support of the following universities and institutions that express solidarity with them.

15 Temmuz sonrası süreçte önce Gülencilere bağlı olduğu iddia edilen üniversitelerinde çalışırken işsiz kalan imzacı arkadaşlarımıza, vakıf üniversitelerinde sözleşmesi yenilenmediği için işsiz kalanlar, yaşanan adaletsizliklere isyan ederek istifa edenler eklendi. 1 Eylül gecesi açıklanan KHK ise BAK'a şu ana dek vurulmuş en büyük darbeyi vurdu. KHK ile birlikte bildirimizi yayınladığımız tarihten bu yana görevinden tamamen uzaklaştırmış durumda olan imzacı sayısı 90'lara ulaşmıştır. 15 Temmuz mağduru tüm arkadaşlarımıza geçmiş olsun dileklerimizi iletiriz.

Barış İçin Akademisyenler olarak, “Bu Suça Ortak Olmayacağız” bildirisini kamuoyuna duyurduğumuz günden bugüne, “toplumsal barışın tesisi” talebimizin haklılığı ve ivediliği ile her geçen gün ve hep beraber yüzleştik. Barış talebimizi dile getirmemiz, yaşadığımız toplumun, coğrafyanın hakikatine sessiz kalmamamız, görmezden gelip “biat” etmememiz, sorunu tespit edip çözüm önermemiz ve çözüm için akademisyenler olarak bize düşen görevi yerine getirmeye hazır oluşumuz “suç” sayıldı. Bu “suç”a iliştirilen farklı görünümlerdeki “bedel”leri ödedik ve ödemeye devam ediyoruz.

In January 2016, 2,212 scholars from Turkey signed a petition titled “We will not be a party to this crime,” also known as the Peace Petition. Since then the signatories (“Academics for Peace”) have been subject to heavy pressure and persecution. Hundreds of them have faced criminal and disciplinary investigations, custody, imprisonment, or violent threats. Several academics have been dismissed or suspended, some were forced to resign or leave the country. The recent dismissal of the Academics for Peace overnight with a fait accompli of a State of Emergency decree no.